by the po po...

any one know??

 

I don't know how carefully they would look. How can they prove it?

Oh, and if you do get caught... probably just a fix-it ticket. I'm only guessing.

 

My state Emission Programs can open the hood or put the car on a lift if they believe the car has been tampered with. If the cats are missing it is $2500.00 for each cat, $5000 for the 350Z

 

For that price, leave the cats on and use the money to get some forced induction instead... sc or tt... but definitely don't "buy" a fine like that!

 

shitty...

im keeping my intake stock... anything you see when lifting up the hood...

they will have to get on their hands a knees to see my headers / test pipes going to be getting.. (test pipes on order now)

oh well, maybe Ill end up puttingthem on ebay when i get them...

any one know a place to get the SC installed?

 

holy shmoly! are you kidding? but straight pipes work so well!

 

California has actually experimented with road-side emissions testing, where they used test equipment placed on freeway onramps. I saw them several places throughout SoCal a few years ago. Don't know what came of that program though.

I've also heard of road-side temperature testing of cats with a long probe, as they operate within a particular temperature range.

As they say, don't do the crime if you can't do the time!

 

I read a post on another board (so take it for what its worth) that in CA, for the first infraciton its a minimum $1K fine.

 

I don't know much about cats and catbacks, etc. I know that some catalytic converters are described as hi flow. Are those significantly different from stock?

 

I asked a cop that I was treating today, he said that he thought it was a fix it ticket that needed to be fixed in 72 hrs, and that it is speciallcy aimed at the riced out honda crowed, he doubted a stock looking Z would be questioned

anyone???

 

Thats what im thinking too...

Do you think the nismo wing looks to rice to cops?

hehe

 

i want to know if they actually check under the car or if they just figure modified exhaust.

 

my friend got pulled over and they knew his cat was missing when they can smell the exhaust fumes about 15 feet away from the car

big fine!

 

how much of a fine??

 

on other words, TURN OFF YOUR car as soon as you STOP!!!

 

hehe.. turn off the car in neutral (just so the engine turns off not the electric...)

and roll to a stop.. hahha